39. REO Speedwagon: ‘Hi Infidelity’ REO Speedwagon is an American rock band that grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. REO Speedwagon hits include "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling". Both songs are power ballads, the former being prototypical of the genre and appearing on the group's most commercially successful album, Hi Infidelity, which also included the hit "Take It on the Run," a song that peaked at number five on the U.S. charts. It went on to become the biggest selling rock LP of 1981, eventually selling over nine million. Six songs from this album hit Billboard charts, including "Keep On Loving You" which was the band's first Number 1 hit.
Since the band released its first record in 1971, Reo Speedwagon has sold 17 critically acclaimed albums, as well as scoring 13 Top 40 singles (which included two Billboard #1 hits). All together Reo Speedwagon has sold over 40 million records.
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